Best stragety to approach it is this: You do not need to play every game at 80 ego, insted we will be raising the ego to 99 in games we plan on losing and lowering the ego to 65 in games we plan on winning.
You will make playoffs by going 8-8 which should be enough to get you the second playoff spot in your division. If you are beating and losing to the correct teams. The way the schedule works is you will play 4 games against each of your three divisional opponents and 1 game against each team in the opposite division. Your goal is to win your 8 games agaisnt the same two teams in your division, beating both 4 times each while losing 4 games against the other team and all 4 games against the teams in the other division.